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Epiphany / Grand Finale (The Good Guy: Part 3)

Nathan.

The killer sighed. I guessed that it was not what he expected after killing Hughes.

"Why are you foolish humans always act like this? What will vengeance bring you?" he questioned.

I rolled my eyes as I dashed towards him. I caught him by the collar and jabbed him.

"Well, it seems that you are really desiring to die," the soldier said wiping his mouth.

I glared at him. "Am I? My only desire is to break you and destroy you."

I pushed him on the ground.

"What for? It won't bring the dead back. You know what will? Human transmutation will. I didn't think you were a fool."

I cringed at his words. He deserved death. He was right in my eyesight. I point a finger at him and swung him to a tree. He moaned of pain.

He hissed. "What was that for?"

"You ask what was that for." I laughed. "How dare you say that human transmutation is going to bring him back to life? First of all, soldier, it's illegal. Second of all, it doesn't work."

I dashed to him. I was going to give him the time to stand up and to dodge my attack. I hit him with a bolo punch. He coughed so blood, and laughed.

"For someone who wants to kill me, you are sure taking your time," he mocked.

I snickered. "Do you think I was going to give you the easy way out? I'm going to make you suffer before shipping you to hell."

I held his head and knee kicked him. He fell on the ground. I was about to kick him, when he looked up to me with a grin. It destabilized me a little, because I thought I had the upper hand on him. That was when I noticed too late the gun that he had on his hand. He shot me in the arm in the same side as my injured shoulder. I stumbled, due to the impact.

"You got a little arrogant, didn't you, monster?" He said while walking to me. "It's sad that you don't give me a choice, but to incapacitate you."

That last line confused me.

"Weren't you supposed to kill me?"

He burst of laughter. My question was so hilarious that he was even tapping on his thigh.

"You forgot, didn't you?" The soldier grinned. "You're a sacrifice, you damn monster, and perfect one on top of that."

I did not forget, but the only people who told me that were those freaks from the Fifth Laboratory and not this soldier.

I still had one good arm that I could use. I still had my alchemy that I could use. I was going to squeeze all the information I could get from that soldier along with murdering him. With a lot of effort and will, I stood up.

"You're still going to keep on fighting. You are truly idiotically amazing."

I was a damn idiot alright, but I was an idiot on a mission. I put my hand on my new wound, and cloth the blood. It was so painful. Plus, the bullets were still in me. It was going to scar badly.

I was in a "good" shape. I had less energy. I lost a lot of blood. The battle was nowhere near over though.

I lunged towards him. He pushed himself to the side, but I managed to catch his arm. He realized that I was about to use my alchemy and slugged me.

"Dammit you bastard monster, I can't kill you."

"You can't, but I can."

He glared at me, and pointed that gun on me.

"Dammit. You moron…you're giving me no choice."

He shot me again, but this time…it was in the abdomen. The pain had reached a point that it was impossible to ignore. I was no superhuman, even if I wanted to make it seemed like it. I fell on my back.

Even with my overly damaged body, I still tried to stand up. I was that crazy. The soldier put his freaking foot right where the last bullet hit. I coughed some blood.

"Didn't that other puny human tell you to live? You can't save the man, and you can't even listen to the guy's dying wish. You're truly one of a kind, monster."

I heard some noise. It was the distinctive sound of heels on a paved ground.

"Did you take care of them?"

It was that woman again. Damn, she still was alive. She was truly the Black Cat of Amestris with legit nine fucking lives.

"Hughes is dead alright. The monster's still breathing."

She leaned next to me, and caressed my cheek with her filthy hand.

"My, my, our poor little monster is in such a pitiful shape."

"He's a thickheaded psycho."

"Now, now, he just needs to be domesticated better. After all, we let him stray away from our reach for far too long." Staring through my soul with those lilac eyes, she leaned her face closer to mine. "Listen carefully, Nathan. We let you escape from the Fifth Laboratory. We are letting you live right now. All we want you to do is to be a good sacrifice. Be a good little monster until the day comes."

Everything slowly became dark around me. Well…darker…because everything was already black and white. As everything faded, I let my tears run loose. I failed. I did not save him. I let the good guy. It was my entire fault. I committed hubris by crying victory too soon. I was too arrogant. I overestimated in my capabilities...

I'm sorry, Bo.